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Clark Gordon Richards, PhD Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 266 Woods Hole Rd. MS# 21 Woods Hole, MA 02543-1050 USA phone: 508-289-3972 cell: 508-524-5385 [email protected] [email protected] Education: 2012 PhD, Physical Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax NS Canada. Energetics of shoaling internal waves and turbulence in the St. Lawrence Estuary. Supervised by Dr. Dan Kelley. 2005 MSc, Physical Oceanography, Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s NL Canada. Wind-forced exchange in Bonne Bay, Newfoundland. Supervised by Dr. Brad de Young. 2002 BSc (Honours), Physics, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton NB Canada. Cavity Ringdown Laser Absorption Spectroscopy of a Radio Frequency Discharge. Supervised by Dr. Allan Adam. Positions Held: 2012-2014 Postdoctoral Investigator; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA. Advisor: Dr. Fiamma Straneo, Physical Oceanography Department. Current work at WHOI involves two aspects of physical oceanography in high latitudes: water mass transformation as a component of the meridional overturning circulation in the Nordic Seas, and ice-ocean interactions of glaciers in Greenland. 2005 Research Assistant, Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s NL. 2003 Laboratory Technician, Department of Physics, UNB. Publications: Refereed: 2014 Bourgault, D., Morsilli, M., Richards, C., Neumeier, U., and Kelley, D. Sediment resuspension and nepheloid layers induced by long internal solitary waves shoaling orthogonally on uniform slopes. Continental Shelf Research. 72, 21–33. DOI:10.1016/j.csr.2013.10.019 2013 Richards, C., Bourgault, D., Galbraith, P., Hay, A., and Kelley, D. Measurements of shoaling internal waves and turbulence in an estuary. Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans. 118 (1), 273–286. DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008154 2007 Bourgault, D., and Richards, C., A laboratory experiment on internal solitary waves. American Journal of Physics, Vol. 75 No. 7, 2007. Submitted, under revision, and in preparation: In prep. Richards, C., and Straneo, F.: Air-sea interaction and watermass transformation in the Lofoten Basin. (To be submitted to the Journal of Physical Oceanography). In prep. Richards, C., and Kelley, D.: A novel technique for measuring nonlinear internal-wave energy flux. (To be submitted to the Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology). In prep. Richards, C., and Straneo, F.: Detection and characterization of iceberg calving from a tidewater glacier using submerged pressure sensors. (To be submitted to the Annals of Glaciology). In prep. Richards, C., and de Young, B.: Wind-forced flow over a sill in Bonne Bay, Newfoundland. (To be submitted to Atmosphere-Ocean). Non-refereed: 2013 Richards, C., A stirring story: turbulence and mixing caused by shoaling internal waves. Current Tides; Dalhousie Oceanography Research Magazine, Volume 1. Grants/Proposals: 2013 Collaborative Research: Detecting Glacier Calving Events From Ocean Waves and Underwater Acoustics. Richards, C., F. Straneo, P. Dahl, and D. Farrell. Submitted Dec. 2013 to NSF PLR division. In review. Academic Awards: 2013 CMOS Tertia M.C. Hughes Memorial Graduate Student Prize 2008-2010 Killam Scholarship, Dalhousie University 2009-2010 Faculty of Graduate Studies Scholarship, Dalhousie University 1 2011 Best overall talk, CDOGS conference 2010 Best PhD talk, CDOGS conference 2008-2009 President’s Award, Dalhousie University 2008-2009 Faculty of Graduate Studies Scholarship, Dalhousie University 2007-2008 Faculty of Graduate Studies Scholarship, Dalhousie University 2005-2007 NSERC PGS (Post Graduate Scholarship) D2 2007 Kathy Ellis Memorial Book Prize, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University 2005 Fellow of the School of Graduate Studies, Memorial University 2003-2005 NSERC PGS A 2003-2005 Dean’s Excellence Award, Memorial University 2002 NSERC USRA (Undergraduate Student Research Award), University of New Brunswick 2001-2002 Dr. A. Wilmer Duff Memorial Prize in Physics, University of New Brunswick 2001-2002 Dr. Theodore Weiner Scholarship, University of New Brunswick 2000-2001 University of New Brunswick Fredericton Scholarship 2000 NSERC USRA, University of New Brunswick 1999-2000 C. W. Argue Prize, University of New Brunswick 1999-2000 N. Myles Brown Scholarship, University of New Brunswick 1999 NSERC USRA, University of New Brunswick 1998-1999 Awards Office Bursary, University of New Brunswick 1997-1998 Sir George E. Foster Scholarship, University of New Brunswick Presentations/Posters: 2014 Richards, C., and F. Straneo: Transformation of Atlantic Water in the Lofoten Basin from 2 years of moored data. Presentation given at the American Geophysical Union Ocean Sciences Meeting. Honolulu, HI, 2014. 2014 D. Kelley, C. Richards, D. Bourgault, P. Galbraith, and A. Hay: Energy fluxes and turbulence caused by shoaling nonlinear internal waves in the St Lawrence Estuary. Presentation given at the American Geophysical Union Ocean Sciences Meeting. Honolulu, HI, 2014. 2013 F. Straneo, S. B. Das, H. Singh, A. Plueddemann, C. Richards, K. D. Mankoff, and L. A. Stevens: Observations of a subglacial discharge plume at the edge of a Greenland tidewater glacier. Poster presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA, 2013. 2013 Richards, C., and F. Straneo: If a glacier calves into the ocean, and no one is around to see it, does it make a splash?. Presentation given at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Postdoc Symposium, October 2013. 2013 Richards, C., and D. Kelley: Energetics of shoaling internal waves and turbulence in the St. Lawrence Estuary. Poster given at the Gordon Research Conference on Coastal Ocean Circulation, June 2013. 2013 Richards, C., and F. Straneo: Timing and characterization of glacier calving events from surface waves. Poster given at the Greenland ice-sheet-ocean interactions (GRISO) workshop, June 2013. 2012 Richards, C.: Energetics of shoaling internal waves and turbulence in an estuary. Presentation given at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Postdoc Symposium, October 2012. 2012 Richards, C., and D. Kelley: An internal beach experiment: turbulence and internal waves in the St Lawrence Estuary. Presentation given at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution physical oceanography seminar series, February 2012. 2011 Richards, C., and D. Kelley: Turbulence and internal waves in the St Lawrence Estuary. Presentation given at the 5th Warnemunde¨ Turbulence Days on turbulence and mixing in estuaries and coastal seas, Isle of Vilm, Germany, September 2011. 2011 Richards, C., and D. Kelley: Internal waves and dissipation in the St Lawrence Estuary. Presentation given to POMSS (Physical Oceanography and Meteorology Seminar Series), Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, May 2011. 2011 Richards, C., and D. Kelley: Turbulence measurements on an internal beach. Presentation given at C-DOGS 2011 (Conference of Dalhousie Oceanography Graduate Students), Halifax NS, March 2011. 2010 Richards, C., D. Bourgault, P. Galbraith, A. Hay, and D. Kelley: Measuring internal wave energy flux in a partially mixed estuary. Poster presented at the Cargese` international school on topographic internal waves in the atmosphere and ocean, Corsica, France, November 2010. 2010 Richards, C., D. Bourgault, P. Galbraith, A. Hay, and D. Kelley: Measuring internal wave energy flux in a partially mixed estuary. Poster presented at the CMOS 2010 Congress in Ottawa ON, June 2010. 2010 Richards, C., and D. Kelley: A relaxation technique for computing nonlinear internal-wave streamfunctions. Presenta- tion given at C-DOGS 2010, Halifax NS, March 2010. 2010 Richards, C., D. Bourgault, P. Galbraith, A. Hay, and D. Kelley: Internal wave generation and energy fluxes in a partially mixed estuary. Poster presented at the February 2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland OR. 2009 Bourgault, D., M.D. Blokhina, P.S. Galbraith, A.E. Hay, D.C. Janes, D.E. Kelley, R. Mirshak, C. Richards, and G.J. Sutherland: The St Lawrence Estuary Internal Wave Experiment. Presentation given at the 4th Warnemunde¨ Turbulence Days on internal waves and turbulence in coastal seas, Isle of Vilm, Germany, September 2009. 2 2009 Richards, C., and D. Kelley: Internal Wave Generation in the St. Lawrence Estuary. Presentation given at the CMOS 2009 Congress in Halifax NS, June 2009. 2009 Richards, C., and D. Kelley: Swimming with Internal Waves: A summary of recent SLEIWEX fieldwork Presentation given to POMSS, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie Isle of Vilm, Germany, Dalhousie University, April 2009. 2009 Richards, C., and D. Kelley: Internal wave generation in the St. Lawrence Estuary. Presentation given at C-DOGS 2009, Halifax NS, March 2009. 2008 Galbraith, P., D. Bourgault, D. Kelley, A. Hay, M. Blokhina, D. Janes, R. Mirshak, and C. Richards: The St Lawrence Estuary Internal Wave Experiment (SLEIWEX). Poster given at Colloque scientifique Parc marin du Saquenay-Saint- Laurent: 10 annees´ de science au service de la conservation, Riviere-du-Loup.` 2008 Richards, C., and D. Kelley: Some questions about nonlinear internal wave groups. Presentation given at C-DOGS 2008, Halifax NS, March 2008. 2008 Richards, C., and B. deYoung: Sub-tidal exchange in Bonne Bay, Newfoundland. Poster presented at the March 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando Florida. 2006 Richards, C., and D. Bourgault: A laboratory experiment on internal solitary waves for senior undergraduate students. Presentation given